Prospex Oil and Gas Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: PXOG / Sector: Oil and Gas
17 September 2018
Prospex Oil and Gas Plc ('Prospex' or the 'Company')
First gas production in
Highlights
· The Bainet gas field on the EIV-1 Suceava Concession,
· Bainet gas production is sold to the local market at current prices of approximately
· Represents Prospex's first production revenues from its portfolio of licences focused on the European Foredeep play, which includes a further gas discovery onshore
· Similar gas prospective areas / potential drilling targets on the licence currently being evaluated as part of forward development plan to scale up revenues
Prospex Oil and Gas Plc, the AIM quoted investment company, is pleased to announce that it has been advised by the operator, Raffles Energy S.R.L. ('Raffles'), that first gas production has commenced from the Bainet gas field ('Bainet' or 'the Field') in the Exploration Area of the EIV-1 Suceava Concession (the 'Concession' or 'Suceava'), North East Romania. Prospex's wholly-owned subsidiary PXOG Massey Limited holds a 50% non-operated interest in the 980 sq km Concession.
Gas from the Field is sold into the national grid run by Transgaz at the Romanian market prices of circa
Bainet, which was drilled in November 2017 and completed as a producer, has been connected to the Raffles operated Bilca gas processing plant via a 2.2km flowline tie back to the existing production infrastructure. The Well was drilled to a total depth of 600m and encountered 9m of reservoir with 8m of net gas pay consisting of a good quality Sarmatian sandstone reservoir, similar to that found in fields producing in and around the Concession.
Bainet was the first ready-to-drill prospect out of the multiple prospects and leads identified on the Concession. The remaining prospects continue to represent relatively low cost opportunities to further increase production at Suceava and are currently being evaluated for exploration and potential development.
Bainet came on stream within the original drilling and development estimate, Prospex has paid its share, totalling
Prospex non-executive Chairman, Bill Smith, said, "The commencement of first gas production in
"Prospex first announced the acquisition of a 50% interest in Suceava in August 2017 and in the intervening period not only has the joint venture made a commercial gas discovery but we have completed planning, permitting and development work and now brought the Bainet well into production. To have successfully put Bainet into production in such an incredibly short time frame, congratulations must first go to Raffles, the operator, whose professional approach and proven experience have enabled us to reach this very significant step on budget. I would also however like to take this opportunity to congratulate our own first-rate team, who not only identified Suceava as a suitable project but their contribution along the way. This is an incredible achievement for any oil and gas company, let alone a junior such as Prospex.
"We intend to replicate this success elsewhere on our other licences, including the Podere Maiar gas discovery onshore
Carlos Venturini, Fellow of the Geological Society of
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Edward Dawson |
Prospex Oil and Gas Plc |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3948 1619 |
Rory Murphy
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Strand Hanson Limited
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
Duncan Vasey |
Peterhouse Corporate Finance
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7469 0932 |
Frank Buhagiar Charlotte Page
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St Brides Partners Ltd
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Notes
Prospex Oil and Gas Plc is an AIM quoted investment company focussed on high impact onshore and shallow offshore European opportunities with short timelines to production. The Company's strategy is to acquire undervalued projects with multiple, tangible value trigger points that can be realised within 12 months of acquisition and then applying low cost re-evaluation techniques to identify and de-risk prospects.
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